Cuban Missile Crisis
Salma Kanaan 10F
In October of the year 1962, for 14 days, the world was on the verge of nuclear war. The leaders of the U.S. and Soviet Union had taken part in a charged and tense political and military standoff. The Soviet Union had secretly positioned nuclear weapons in Cuba. When the US government discovered these weapons they demanded the abolition of them, causing the most threatening face-off of the Cold War.
In October of the year 1962, for 14 days, the world was on the verge of nuclear war. The leaders of the U.S. and Soviet Union had taken part in a charged and tense political and military standoff. The Soviet Union had secretly positioned nuclear weapons in Cuba. When the US government discovered these weapons they demanded the abolition of them, causing the most threatening face-off of the Cold War.